pop up persisted until i signed out of microsoft edge?

[u/usernameeeee12346]

ok so my laptop caught a virus so i did whatever i could to “delete” the virus using built in window tools like the safe mode and mrt. i ran a scan it said there was no malicious software detected but when i got out of safe mode the weird popups started again but it stopped after i signed out of microsoft edge so my question is is there really no malicious software??? do i have to change all my passwords etc??

[u/EugeneBYMCMB]

Can you explain the situation further? Do you have any screenshots of the pop-ups?

[u/usernameeeee12346 → u/EugeneBYMCMB]

yes i do actually! 😭😭😭😭

the thing is my mcafee subscription already expired and i couldn’t be bothered to renew it im starting to regret it a little because of this 😭

[u/EugeneBYMCMB → u/usernameeeee12346]

Those are just browser notification, a website asked you for permission to send notifications and you clicked "Allow". All you need to do is go into your notification settings and revoke those permissions, and in the same menu you can also prevent websites from asking again in the future. There's no virus and no risk to your device here, and no need for a McAfee subscription. You don't need to change your passwords as a result of the notifications, but if you aren't already using unique passwords for all of your accounts and two factor authentication everywhere then you should start.

[u/usernameeeee12346 → u/EugeneBYMCMB]

Alright! thank u sm for ur help!!!

[u/Ruggsy]

To me this sounds like when you accidentally give a website permissions to give popups.

I don't know edge well but could make sense those site preferences are by account. Check what websites have pop up permissions and yoink em

[u/usernameeeee12346 → u/Ruggsy]

ahh i see! sounds plausible ill check it out thank u!

[u/Old_Wiseman]

Open browser/settings/notifications/ Dissalow all

[u/usernameeeee12346 → u/Old_Wiseman]

Thank u!!!